Is It or Isn't It?

Another snowy day has come and gone in Minnesota. It's actually pretty crazy here weatherwise - it's getting warmer but the snow just keeps coming. One day this week it was coming down as snow but hitting the ground as rain. I wouldn't quite call it sleet because it looked very snow-like in the air. Despite all this the ground that was exposed earlier in the week has all been covered up again, even as the trees have dropped all the snow that accumulated on their branches. On the news tonight, the weatherwoman said to expect more of the same this week. So I guess the real question is: when will spring arrive for real?